The Business Times, 5 July 2000

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    11 1 MfTA (P) 035/12/1999 SINGAPORE Internet hitp://business-times.asial corn.sq/ WEDNESDAY. JULY 5 2000
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    72 1 VVIHK BATES m si 08$ L7» £(USS/S$per£) 1J13 US EUR0(l)8I/8|/E) 0X» IM4 DM 1961 1841 YEN 1NJ 1J)8* RM 18M 9.4M HRI 7.7* MB baht nn im< RUP1AH UN Mil* •stmm mm SINGAPORE* 5.80 KUALA LIU PUR 7 .67 JAKARTA J900 BANGKOK 950 MANILA 11.00 HONGKONG 890 TAIPEI 7.84
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    Lock icon Audit implicates top brass of Suharto regime
    751 1  -  Ji exclusive Ministers, dvil servants said to have siphoned off billions of dollars of state fnnds From\ Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta A HIGH-LEVEL government audit has implicated senior members of the former Suharto administration of siphoning off billions of dollars of state funds.
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    Lock icon Singapore dotcoms feel the burn
    752 1  -  i exclusive From salaries and headeoimttothe burn rate, less is more W Toh Han Shih [SINGAPORE] Singapore dotcoms are feeling the pinch, some three months after the Nasdaq crash of April. Catcha.com, a portal that has delayed its listing on the Singapore Exchange (SGX), has
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    Lock icon Brunei plans to become an international financial hub
    1042 1  -  -it exclusive Special unit set np under direct chaise of the Saltan By Yang Razali Kassim [BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN] To diversify its oil-based economy, Brunei is turning itself into an international financial centre (IFC). Without much fanfare, a special unit to spearhead
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      69 1 PMBPB BT Comment Confusing rules handicap boutique fund managers. Will psychohistory explain Gus Dur*s puzzling mood swings? *914 Top stories HK opens up television market further. Mmxt Pmgm US slump could cut S'pore growth by 2.4 points, pg j Ossia unit may go public next week at 65-900 a share.
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      4 1 More reports, Pg 17
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      17 1 Activity on the S'pore bourse sharply in Q2 Pg 4 for NUS, NTU to be tted to
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      Lock icon HK awards five pay-TV licences; Ananda Krishnan firm a winner
      823 2  -  Licensees pledge to invest HKs7oom over 3 years Fromi Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong HONGKONG opened up its television market further yesterday when the government granted five licences to operators for pay television, including one to a company linked to
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      Lock icon Malaysian Clob shares recover on second trading day
      859 2  -  Trading remahi subdued; ELSE may net have to intervene From 3 Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur THE Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange may not have to intervene in the stock market as trading of Clob shares remained subdued on the second day of
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon Thomas vs Thomas
        172 2 IN his editorial commentary in the June 19 issue of Barron's, Thomas Etonian launched a scathing attack on Thomas Penfield Jackson, the judge who ordered the breaking up of Microsoft on anti-trust grounds. Mr Donlan points out that not only did the judge err by giving newspaper
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        Lock icon Cash and burn
        122 2 IN the same issue, Barron's also reports that it studied the cash burn rates 0f207 Internet companies and found that the rate is slowing down. For the first quarter of2ooo, these companies used up US$l.l5 billion (Ss2 billion), down from the US$l.52 billion that went up in
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      Lock icon Whipping up an instant food recipe for success
      449 2  -  Getting Personal B 1 Corinno Kerk Wlmk Joseph Lim Chee Tet, managing director of Tastyfood Holdings m A#M46 d>twi to fuMi Mr Lim concocted his first "instant" beverage when he was a busy photographer hungry for some sustenance, but had no time
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  • SINGAPORE economy
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      Lock icon US slump could cut S'pore growth by 2.4 points
      644 3  -  Byi Anna Teo A US recession, while unlikely, could cut Singapore's economic growth in 2000 by 2.4 percentage points as exports suffer, according to estimates by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). This would mean gross domestic product (GDP) growth of
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      292 3 We got converted to colour BHMHMI The CP-660 colour network laser printer gives your documents the impact off colour. v MMMf^ Now you can expand your colour capabilities with your printing and copying needs with the modular design of the S| f •;r new CP-660. Just add the digital image
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Net stocks headed for more corrections in near term
      410 4  -  Probability seen as Ugh with one venture capitalist seeing a correction starting in Nasdaq and spreading to Asia By Toh Han Shih ALTHOUGH there was a major correction of Internet stocks in April, industry watchers expect the US and Asia will
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      Lock icon KepLand, partners to expand China resort
      373 4  -  By Kalpana Rashiwala KEPPEL Land and its partners at the Spring City Golf and Lake Resort in Kunming, China, are teaming up to develop an adjoining 133-hect-are site. A Keppel spokeswoman would not say how much the new investment will cost as the combination
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      Lock icon SGX's trading volume plummets 70% in Q2 on rate jitters
      548 4  -  Turnover value falls 48.7%; still no sips of sustainable investor interest By\ Ven Sreenivasan THE level of activity on the Singapore bourse fell sharply in the second quarter as investors stuck to the sidelines amid US interest rate jitters and
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      Lock icon Confusing rules handicap boutique fund managers
      745 4  -  HocKimimdw catherine ong DENNIS See is the doyen of the boutique fund management industry in Singapore. His firm, Point Worth Management, was the first to set up shop after regulations were liberalised to allow managers with a small capital base and fund size to
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      Lock icon Ossia unit ITG may go public next week at 65-90¢ a share
      556 5  -  Ossia stock seen to remain volatile on til the IPO as market will be speculating on ITG's price By I Serena Ng INTERNET Technology Group (ITG), Ossia International's Internet operating and investment holding company, will launch its initial
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      Lock icon FDS Networks' retail tranche IPO 48 times subscribed
      238 5  -  By Joyce Koh MAINBOARD-BOUND FDS Networks Group's retail tranche of 5 million shares at 65 cents apiece has been 48 times subscribed in its initial public offering, which closed at noon on Monday. The Hongkong-based regional network system solutions provider said in
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      Lock icon Ezyhealth gets mainboard listing nod
      353 5  -  Share price will probably be well nnder S(K W Toh Han Shih DESPITE poor market sentiment towards dotcoms, Ezyhealth has received in-princi-ple approval to list on the Singapore Exchange's mainboard, its founding CEO Janice Yeo told BT. "We are not a dotcom in trouble. With
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      Lock icon Vicplas makes foray into medical supplies
      325 7  -  It ties up with UK-based LMA Intl to make components By] Bryan Lee PVC pipe maker Vicplas International has ventured into the medical supplies sector in a tie-up with UK-based LMA International to manufacture components for LMA's airway management devices, which are used in
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      Lock icon See Hup Seng to raise $13m via Keppel TatLee loan
      210 7  -  By Ling Su Ann CONSTRUCTION firm See Hup Seng (SHS) yesterday said it will raise $13 million through a transferable loan facility (TLF) granted by Keppel Tat Lee Bank. The deal also includes SHS giving 33 million detachable warrants to
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      Lock icon Ionics EMS to build new plant near Manila
      153 7 Bloomberg LISTED lonics EMS Inc, the Philippines' biggest maker of electronic components, will build a new facility to assemble recordable compact disk drives to meet demand for data storage. The Philippine Department of Trade and Industry said lonics EMS will lease a
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      Lock icon Apollo founder appointed to Parkway board
      298 7  -  Move could signal future tie-up with major Indian private healthcare player Byi Andrea Tan IN what could be a harbinger of a future tie-up with India's Apollo Hospitals Group, Parkway Holdings yesterday appointed Apollo founder and chairman Prathap Reddy to its board of directors.
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      Lock icon Second tranche of DBS notes sold out
      295 7  -  By\ Siow Li Sen DBS Bank's second tranche of short-term notes is sold out despite offering a lower interest rate from the first A statement from the bank yesterday said the second tranche of its short-term notes, branded Moneyplus, of $75 milhon, of
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      377 4 (1 In a dynamic business environment, it is important to take a fresh took at regulations and assess its impact on banking operations. This seminar will address banking regulations and current interpretation of banking laws and systems of internal control that should exist to ensure compliance with these regulations. This
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      103 5 This announcement appears as a matter of record only July 2000 FDS NETWORKS GROUP LTD. (Incorporated in the Bermuda on 19 January 2000) Invitation in respect of 19,000,000 New Shares of US$O.O5 each comprising:(a) 5,000,000 Offer Shares at 550.65 each by way of public offer; and (b) 14,000,000 Placement Shares
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      Lock icon PCRD covered wrt looks good, but stock has run up a lot
      184 6  -  WARRANT WATCH By] R Sivanithy IT'S been some time since we featured the Merrill Lynch covered warrant on Pacific Century Regional Developments (PCRD) in this column. Given the superb recovery in the underlying shares over the past month,
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      475 6 Stocks Volume Achieva5c 35.516.000 •ones P$1 00 28.528,000 AddvalTech 2.5c 23,020,000 LafeTech US4c 18,868,000 WahShing HK50c 17,266,000 NOL 17,189,000 OssialntllOc 16,211,000 GiantWTechHKIO 15,306,000 PKTech5c 13,482,000 Econ Intl20c 12,727,000 Stocks DBS Grp 55,948,129 NOL 30,387,500 Chart Semiconductor 26c 27,130,910 PadficCentury 21,608,700 Ossia Intf 10c 15,956,074 UOB 15,628,276 SIA 15,362,600 Ionics P$1.00
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      Lock icon 'Small caps' still the game; retail players stay away
      555 6  -  l I comment STOCKS r.sivanithy THERE was no change in yesterday's trading from the pattern set many months ago. House traders continued to provide liquidity in the penny segment as retail players still shun the market. Institutional money was, at best,
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      Lock icon NOL shares headed for $2 target
      248 6  -  HOT STOCK By Ven Sreenivasan SHIPPING giant Neptune Orient Lines was the fourth biggest gainer yesterday as it leapt 14 cents or 8.3 per cent to close at a five-month high of $1.82. The volume of 17.2 million shares was almost six times its
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      147 6 ♦PENTEX-SCHWEIZER Circuits announced the incorporation of its wholly-owned unit, Pentex-Schweizer Circuits (Wuxi) Co, in Wuxi, China. The principal activities include the manufacturing, marketing and sale of printed circuit boards catering to the needs of electronics MNCs in China and for exports. ♦JIT Holdings Ltd will be trading ex-dividend
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      146 6 www.TopnQfch-onlin^xorT^^^^^lnteme^olution^Provide^BjHB Revenue Via The Internet! El ir*"H Dell sold $15 million El per day online H "In July 1996, Dell launched internet-based online sales and services at www.dell.com. In Fall 1999, UJ Dell sold $15 million per day through the internet, HM and internet sales have reached about 27 percent
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      105 6 YOU CAN NOW PUT YOUR CPF SAVINGS IN EICHT. important All applications tor units in eight must be made on the application forms accompanying the prospectus investors must read the prospectus The value of the units and the income from them may fall as well as nse QIXVSBAnk Larry Wee's
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Domestic supply prices rise in May
      278 8  -  C=M =t on the economy prices By. Audrey Tan DOMESTIC supply prices continued to climb in May with the index rising 9.9 per cent on the back of increasing oil prices. Spiralling oil prices have been the culprit behind rising wholesale prices in Singapore
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      Lock icon Lam bows out as Shell Singapore chairman
      284 8  -  Shell Oil Products East TP to replace him at month-end By] Eugene Low AFTER some 15 months as chairman of Shell Companies in Singapore, Simon Lam will be making way for his replacement Lee Tzu Yang at the end of the month. Mr
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      Lock icon Retailers offer rewards for the best among them
      216 8 THE Singapore Retailers Association (SRA) is handing out awards and scholarships to star performers and new talent in the retail industry for the first time. Four awards and up to three scholarships will be presented yearly. The awards recognises the year's best
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      Lock icon Funds for universities to be tied to 'results'
      856 8  -  NUS, NTU to get more scope to make own decisions within MOE-set parameters By. Audrey Tan THE two state universities will be given more financial and operational autonomy, but the funds they get from the government will now be tied to their
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      Lock icon MAS rejects IMF's inflation target suggestion
      206 8 Fund cayi a target will help MAS move towards poator transparency AP THE Monetary Authority of Singapore yesterday rejected a suggestion by the International Monetary Fund that it adopt an inflation target Although such a target may be appropriate for central banks trying to
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      Lock icon SMEs can grow big in global markets: PSB
      349 8  -  By' Tay Hong Seng THE knowledge-based economy is both a threat to and an opportunity for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), national productivity chief Lee Suan Hiang said yesterday. "In the New Economy and in terms of handling the new technology, big
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      Lock icon 23% more S'poreans spend holidays in New Zealand
      254 8 THE allure of spectacular scenery and exciting adventures in New Zealand appears to have captured the imagination of more Singaporeans. The number who visited the country jumped 23.4 per cent to 35,301 for the year ended May, Tourism New Zealand's manager for
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      Lock icon Properties sold using the gavel down 55.3% in H1
      408 9  -  Only $l<XL5Bm worth of properties sold at Mictions from Jan to June this year Byi Andrea Tan THE hit rate at property auctions has fallen sharply in the first six months of the year, a clear reflection of the soft sentiment
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      Lock icon $17m price tag for Dalvey Estate freehold sate
      239 9 A FREEHOLD site with an existing black and white bungalow in the prime Dalvey Estate area has been put up for sale by tender, with an indicative price tag of $17 million or some $333 per sq ft. The property, within walking
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      Lock icon URA treats providers, users of applications differently
      429 9  -  MAiLisrrrn Ang Hwee Suan (Ms) Head of public relations For Chief Executive Officer Chief Planner Urban Redevelopment Authority I AM writing to clarify some points made in Lee Han Shih's article "URA behind the curve" in BT yesterday. Mr Lee said that under
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      Lock icon Are STI futures gambling contracts that can't be enforced?
      358 9  -  Narayana Narayana YOUR report "SGX stock borrowing and lending on the cards on June 29 said that 894 contracts on the Straits Times Index (STI) futures were traded on the first day of trading. It quoted some brokers as saying this
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      Lock icon Reader right on ratio: UOB
      49 9  -  Peter Heng First vice-president Corporate affairs division United Overseas Bank Ltd WE refer to Mr Kelvin Tan's letter, "A clarification needed from UOB" (Mailbag, July 1). As Mr Tan highlighted, the expense ratio includes the management fee. We thank Mr Tan for his feedback.
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  • eNews
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      Lock icon Hutchison set to sell 35% of UK 3G firm to DoCoMo, KPN
      477 10 LONDON Deal said to be worth np to USs2b; group trying to spread risk, say analysts FT Bloomberg HUTCHISON Whampoa is set to sell 35 per cent of its UK operating company owner of a third generation mobile
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      Lock icon KRDL spin-off launches slew of Web translators
      268 10  -  SINGAPORE Firms can now woo non-English speaking surfers more easily By' Tang Weng Fai A SPIN-OFF of Kent Ridge Digital Labs (KRDL), EWGate.com, aims to overcome the language barrier with the soft launch of its text-to-text Web translation products yesterday. With Web pages
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      Lock icon Virgin Group in electricity venture
      196 10 LONDON Bloomberg VIRGIN Group Ltd, the UK consumer businesses company run by Richard Branson, said it would supply electricity connections to online customers by next month. The Virgin Energy joint venture with London Electricity pic will sign up customers through the Virgin Energy Web site,
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      Lock icon Old foes SAP and People Soft return to take on Oracle
      431 10 SAN FRANCISCO AP ORACLE Corp has been the life of the e-business party for the past year, but two bitter rivals recovering from recent business hangovers say they are ready to steal the show. SAP and People Soft have
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      Lock icon CNN to provide content for i-Mode
      136 10 NEW YORK Reuters CNN, a unit of Time Warner, on Monday said it had formed an alliance with NTT DoCoMo to provide Internet news and information to the Japanese mobile phone giant's customers direct to their handsets. Subscribers to i-Mode, DoCoMo's high-speed cellular phone
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    • eBriefs
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        Lock icon Japan Telecom may offer local calls
        77 10 Reuters [TOKYO] Long-distance carrier Japan Telecom Co Ltd said yesterday it may offer local call services in the domestic market by next May, a move that would pose a direct challenge to industry titan NTT. The move follows media reports that the United States
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        Lock icon C&W Invests US$20m in Net incubator
        86 10 Reuters [LONDON] Cable Wireless pic is to invest US$2O million (5534.6 million) in Internet startups under a deal with incubator business Gorilla Park, the British telecoms group said yesterday. C&W said it is investing the money in Gorilla Park and may in future invest
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        Lock icon French software group courting Eidos
        72 10 Reuters [LONDON] Troubled British computer games company Eidos pic, creator of computer heroine Lara Croft, is being wooed by French software group InfogramesEntertainment, industry sources said yesterday. The sources said the companies were in talks for an all-share transaction that could result in Infogrames offering
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        Lock icon Ericsson partners may make phones
        82 10 Reuters [STOCKHOLM] Swedish telecoms equipment maker Ericsson is considering farming out the development and production of some of its new telephone models to speed up development. CEO Kurt Hellstrom was quoted as say ing in the Dagens Industri business daily yesterday. "In the past we
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      Lock icon 30 telcos plan stock sales to tap US$50b in H2: analysts
      339 10 LONDON USssob of bonds also expected to be sold during this period Bloomberg TELECOMMUNICATIONS companies are preparing to sell about US$5O billion (5586.5 billion) worth of stock in the second half to pay for new mobile phone networks and
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      Lock icon CyberWorks launches NOW TV/Net network
      203 10 fl HONGKONG AFP HONGKONG-based Pacific Century CyberWorks Ltd (CyberWorks) has unveiled its ambitious Network of the World (NOW) a convergence of television and the Internet via the World Wide Web. CyberWorks, owned by Hongkong tycoon Richard Li, announced yesterday it has taken the initial step
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      Lock icon iGlobe to help local firms go global
      678 11  -  Venture capital firm plans to diversify its portfolio by investing in a mix of companies from early stage to pre-IPO By Andrew Wee ItrLOßt Partners is a local firm with the links and money to help local technology players to expand globally. The
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon Howard may pay for GST at ballot box
      825 12  -  NiTNI bottom line OPINION mohan kuppusamy The writer is BT's editorial and opinions page editor FOUR days into Australia's new tax regime, Prime Minister John Howard's government is taking a predictable beating in the opinion polls. The goods and services tax (GST)
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      115 12 Tm going to oil because it's busy. In gold, there's a lot of days you just wait There's too much downtime.' -Steve Jones of the New York Mercantile Exchange, who thinks trading gold just isn't worth it anymore. The PC is the most detrimental component to the
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      Lock icon Allowing far cooling off
      602 12 EDITORIAL THE Monetary Authority of Singapore is said to be considering a sevento 14-day "cooling-off period" to allow purchasers of unit trusts and mutual funds time to change their minds and receive a refund, if they so wish. It is an idea that deserves to be
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      Lock icon Why America should sit on its Budget surplus
      874 12  -  Doing nothing means devoting most of the surplus to paying down the federal debt. For now, it's the best policy By] Robert Samuelson WE NOW have a curious situation in Washington. It seems to be raining money. Just the other day, the
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      Lock icon WHAT THE OTHERS SAT
      827 12 Zimbabwe moves on ZIMBABWE will never be the same. This seems to be the general opinion after the results from the weekend elections were declared. (The governing) ZANU-PF party remains in power but has now got an opponent of equal merit in Parliament after the successful
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  • MALAYSIA news
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      Lock icon KL may allow firms to be in both broking and property
      398 13  -  SC approval of MPHB's purchase of stockbroking firms an indication From] Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA may allow companies to keep their broking and property arms after all despite an earlier ruling by the Securities Commission (SC) to
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      79 13 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters MALAYSIA'S The New Straits Times Press Bhd (NST) said yesterday it had agreed to sell its magazine publishing division Berita Publishing Sdn Bhd to Alaf Positif Sdn Bhd. NST would sell 4 million ordinary shares of Berita for only RMI, it
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      209 13 KUALA LUMPUR AFX-Asia AMSTEEL Corporation Bhd said its unit Andalas Development Sdn Bhd has entered into a joint venture to develop 111.12 acres of land in Selangor with Che Kiang Realty Sdn Bhd, a unit of Lion Teck Chiang Ltd. The Amsteel
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      95 13 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters MALAYSIA'S state run fund manager Permodalan Na sional Bhd (PNB) has signed a deal to sell a 19 9 per cent stake in Malaysia Mining Corp Bhd to a private firm, Impian Teladan Sdn Bhd "The conditional sales and purchase agreement
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      292 13  -  Prom] Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur DBS Bank the only Big Four local bank in Singapore without a bank in Malaysia is set to be a major stockbroker in the country through its partnership with Penang businessman Hwang Sing Lu. Hwang-DBS Securities,
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      388 13 SAUK, Malaysia AP MEMBERS of a gang that raided two military armouries and stole weapons took at least two people hostage yesterday and fought gun battles with the army in the jungles of northern Malaysia. The 15-member gang was holding two local
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        60 13 LISTED companies under the diversified Lion Group controlled by businessman William Cheng were suspended yesterday afternoon, pending announcements on the group's restructuring exercise which is meant to include divestment of assets and debt restructuring. The counters suspended were Posim Bhd, Chocolate Products Bhd, Angkasa Marketing Bhd,
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        66 13 BARGAIN-hunters helped some of the big blue chip stocks to recover yesterday some of the ground they lost in Monday's sell-off. Among the day's biggest gainers were British American Tobacco, which was up RM1.75 to RM3I, as well as power utility group Tenaga Nasional Bhd,
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        34 13 BANKING stocks made some gains yesterday as news of ongoing mergers set a positive tone for the counters. Banking giant Maybank was among the gainers, picking up 10 sen to RM 14.60
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        82 13  -  Compiled by! Diana Oon Abdullah STOCKS of second-board construction group Pembinaan YCS continued to see active trading yesterday, extending a pattern begun more than a fortnight ago after rumours that the company could be the target for a takeover filtered into the market Last week, its
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      262 13 KUALA LUMPUR Reports hold defence minister accountable for security breach Bernama MAJOR Malaysian newspapers have lambasted the country's military authorities for Sunday's arms heists at two army camps and said Defence Minister Najib Tun Razak should be held accountable for the embarrassing security
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      313 14 JAKARTA Astra and Bank Central Asia among 145 companies transferred AFP THE Jakarta Stock Exchange has split its listings into first and second class boards, with 145 companies, including leading players Astra International and Bank Central Asia put on the secondary "development board,"
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      788 14  -  -l i comment REGION Will psycho-history explain the president's puzzling mood swings? yang razali kassim IF Indonesians are throwing up their hands in exasperation trying to understand their president, the latest twist in events will baffle them even more. Out of the blue, President Abdurrahman Wahid,
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        76 14 Reuters [BANGKOK] The Thai cabinet yesterday decided to cut import tariffs on 542 industrial raw materials in a bid to raise the export competitiveness of Thai manufacturers. A finance ministry statement said the tariff cuts would cover packaging materials including paper, aluminium foil and
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        59 14 AFP [JAKARTA] A strong explosion yesterday rocked a building inside the office complex that houses Indonesia's attorney-general, witnesses said. Hie explosion occurred an hour after a son of former president Suharto had left the building after being questioned over his father's alleged corruption. There
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        97 14 Reuters [BANGKOK] Thai Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai looked a little more secure in government yesterday after an opposition party said a planned mass resignation of members of parliament had failed to materialise. The leader of Thailand's medium-sized opposition Social Action Party (SAP), Suvit Khunkitti, said seven
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        75 14 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] PT Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa, Indonesia's No 1 cement company, said a committee representing 85 per cent of its creditors agreed to reschedule the company's US$l.l billion debt (Ssl.9 billion). The agreement, which includes a two-year repayment holiday, would stretch interest and principal payments over
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      148 14 JAKARTA Reuters THE Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (Ibra) said the owners of 25 closed banks had agreed to surrender assets worth 10.5 trillion rupiah (Ss2 billion), the Jakarta Post reported yesterday. "The shareholders of 25 closed banks have signed the terms and
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      445 15 HANOI fhfl MBhlHtllar lnng hum rafM for by iiititrnfititnnl litiiifTfi AFP VIETNAM is finally set to press ahead with a billion-dollar programme to reform its debt-ridden state hanktng sector which has long been called for by international lenders, officials said yesterday. "The
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      Lock icon Siam City Bank up for 2nd round of bidding in August
      542 15  -  :il exclusive BAMS SALES BOT is expecting keen interest from foreign investors in Europe, Singapore Froml Harish Mehta in Bangkok THE Bank of Thailand (BOT) is opening a second round of bidding to sell crippled Siam City Bank next
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      110 15 MANILA Bloomberg THE Philippine government may try to sell its 30 per cent stake in Philippine National Bank (PNB) within a fortnight, although an attempt to auction the bank in June failed outright. Finance Secretary Jose Pardo wants the government to
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      410 16 TAIPEI Govt plans to sell a third of company at home and abroad by end of this year Bloomberg CHUNGHWA Telecom Co, Taiwan's largest phone company, is set to embark on one of the island's biggest firsttime share sales after regulators approved the
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      68 16 [BEIJING] Chinese shoppers checking out the various electrical appliances on display outside a store in Beijing yesterday. China's economy is predicted to grow by 7.6 per cent this year due to a rise in domestic demand and investment spurred by the issue of 100 billion yuan (5520.8
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      338 16  -  Value of transactions down 3&8% from May Fromi Quak Hiang Whai m Hongkong THE Hongkong property market continued to decline as the government's latest figures showed a sharp drop in both values and transactions in June. Last month, the Land Registry received 4,873
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      262 16 WTO PLAT Bloomberg [SHANGHAI] Industrial Commercial Bank of China, the nation's largest bank, formed alliances with four insurers and lenders to strengthen its competitiveness as the nation prepares to join the World Trade Organization. ICBC will cooperate with Citic Industrial Bank and
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      234 16 SHANGHAI Bloomberg THYSSENKRUPP AG, Germany's largest steelmaker, will build a high-speed magnetically propelled train line in Shanghai as the city prepares for increased trade after China joins the World Trade Organization. ThyssenKrupp and Shanghai Mayor Xu Quangdi signed a commitment to conduct a feasibility study on
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      542 16 TAINAN, Taiwan Bloomberg Reuters THE race to build state of the art 12-inch wafer plants has begun. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC), the world's largest chip subcontractor, yesterday said it is building a 12-inch silicon wafer factory in Taiwan, a gamble intended to capitalise
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        80 16 AFX-Asia [HONGKONG] The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) could approve Hongkong's first virtual bank by year-end, the Souih China Morning Post said, quoting HKMA executive director Raymond Li. Mr Li was reported to have said that the bank had received several applications for
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        67 16 AFP ITAIWSIJ The chairman-elect of Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has received an invitation to visit China, despite chilled cross-strait relations. Frank Hsieh, the mayor of Kaohsiung, was invited by Zhu Yayan, his counterpart in Xiamen, the Chinese coastal city facing Taiwan,
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        78 16 Bloomberg (HONGKONG] Guangdong Investment Ltd (GDI), a property and trading firm controlled by the Guangdong government, said it would delay its US$l.B billion (SS3.I billion) purchase of Dongshen Water Supply Co. GDI has extended the deadline for acquiring 81 per cent of GH Water Supply
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        48 16 AFX-Asia {SHANGHAI] Founder Group Ltd will invest about 100 million yuan (5520.8 million) to establish China's largest Internet company, Shanghai Daily quoted group president Zhang Xuanlong as saying. Mr Zhang said the group would release its expansion plan this month. AFX-Asia
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        92 16 Reuters [HONGKONG] Hongkong property investment and securities trading company Fairyoung Holdings Ltd said yesterday it had entered an agreement with China Sanju Import Export Corp to buy a 40 per cent stake in Huizhou Sanjiu New Veterinary Pharmaceutical Development Co Ltd for 14 million yuan
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      1104 17  -  THE following is an interview TOO ■HIMII— had with Rahman Taib, Brunei's Minister for Industry Primary Resources and Deputy Chairman, Brunei Darussalam Economic Council. THE following is an interview TAN IIIIH M— had with Rahman Ti Q: The government recently formed the Brunei Darussalam Economic
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      2288 18 1I Marine I Industries I Keppel Marine Industries Limited I (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) Notice of Extraordinary General Meeting NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary General Meeting of Keppel Marine Industries Limited (the "Company") will be held at the Conference Room, 23 Church Street #14-01 Capital Square
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      Lock icon Japan's business sentiment hits strongest level in three years
      591 19  -  But Nikkei, JGBs fell on fears BOJ may end its 'zero interest rate' policy From. Anthony Rowley in Tokyo BUSINESS sentiment among Japan's leading manufacturing firms surged to its strongest level in three years by June, the Bank of Japan (BOJ)
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      488 19 LONDON Bloomberg MERGERS and acquisitions worldwide rose 26 per cent in the first half to a record US$l.9 trillion (553.29 trillion), driven by America Online Inc's agreement to buy Time Warner Inc and other combinations in the telecommunications and media businesses.
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      445 19 LONDON Crude oil prices foil 5% after Saudi announces decision Reuters Bloomberg SAUDI Arabia's surprise vow to rein in rampant oil prices looks set to ease the pressure on the world's central bankers to raise interest rates further to counter
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      156 19 TOKYO Reuters AN international consortium has discovered estimated recoverable reserves of a minimum 15-20 billion barrels of oil off the shores of the Caspian Sea in Kazakhstan, a Japanese daily reported yesterday. Quoting unnamed industry sources, the daily Yomiuri Shimbun, together with its English
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      187 19 SAN FRANCISCO Reuters A FEDERAL judge has tossed out two new local California ordinances designed to stop banks from charging non-cus-tomers extra ATM fees for using their cash machines, saying the measures violate the constitution. US District Court Judge Vaughn Walker told the cities
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      338 19 TOKYO Decision will ensure public-spending policies to turn around economy continue AP JAPANESE Parliament yesterday voted to let Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori keep his post, ensuring the continuation of his party's pub-lic-spending policies to turn around the economy. Mr Mori received 284 of
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      408 20 LONDON Number of Japan's banks in top 10 by capital base doubles to four FT THE profits of the world's 1,000 largest banks jumped more than three-quarters last year, on the back of strong growth in the US and European economies
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      81 20 [BERNAU, Germany] Beatles performers, from left, Tony Kishman (Paul McCartney), Carmine Francis Grippo (Ringo Starr), Tom Teely (George Harrison) and Jim Owen (John Lennon) reviving thefamous last 1969 London performance of the pop music legends during a dress rehearsal on a floating stage
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      298 20 LONDON Adjusted weightings of stocks in indices available from Sept Bloomberg FTSE International Ltd plans to publish the weighting of stocks in all its indices adjusted for free float from September to give investors time to prepare for changes before they're implemented in June
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      221 20 FRANKFURT AFP GERMAN telecommunications giant Deutsche Telekom is interested in a possible takeover of Qwest Communications International Inc rather than Sprint, the Wall Street Journal Europe reported yesterday. Deutsche Telekom dismissed the report as speculation. The German group is reported to have been considering a bid
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      422 20 AUCKLAND Norway's Norske Skog to pay USs2i>b for New Zealand's 6th biggest firm Reuters OWNERSHIP of New Zealand's sixth largest company, Fletcher Paper, is set to move offshore after shareholders of both the paper division and the wider Fletcher Challenge (FCL) group overwhelmingly approved its
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      323 21  -  SOX Derivatives Tradingßeports fn'lndex/MS&S'pore Index Chan Yet San SINGAPORE stocks yesterday ended mixed on a rather slow day. The Straits Times Index (STI) gained just 1.61 points or 0.08 per cent to close at 2072.42. Within the index, 23 counters rose, 25
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      249 21  -  ws/!T Taiwan TwAwr Chan Yet San YESTERDAY was a bad day for Taiwan stocks. The MSCI Taiwan Index lost 10.4 points or 2.83 per cent to end at 357.17 points its lowest closing level for the year. The volume traded within the
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      199 21 ENERGY REPORT Bloomberg [PARIS] OU developments in the Caspian and Black seas win force companies to spend bUlions in the next five years on pipelines to skirt narrow shipping lanes that would otherwise choke on new tankers, the International Energy Agency said yesterday. OU
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      323 21 Reuters London THE yen fell across the board to hit two-week lows against the US dollar yesterday after the Bank of Japan's tankan survey left the market uncertain about the timing of a possible Japanese interest rate hike. Although the main indicators for large Japanese manufacturers in the
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      2694 22 HONGKONG AFP 71 Hang Seng +110.79 HONGKONG shares gained 0.7 per cent yesterday after overnight gains on Wall Street. The key Hang Seng Index gained 110.79 points to close at 16,235.76 on a turnover of HK$B.75 billion. Dealers said trading was quiet with
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      1953 22 TOKYO AFP □nuaas -ma TOKYO'S Nikkei 225 Index fell 0.8 per cent yesterday after an improvement in the Bank of Japan's tankan business confidence survey sparked fears of an interest rate hike, brokers said. The benchmark index lost 144.51 points to close at 17,470.15,
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      906 22 Reuters WShMBtaiBMB 421 CHINA'S hard currency B shares yesterday finished marginally higher, after a session of wandering in directionless trade as investors searched for leads. Dealers said the market was awaiting announcements from newly listed companies, as well as from about 10 initial public offerings this week. The market
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      360 22 AFP DWPMn -MR23 TAIWAN shares closed 3 per cent lower yesterday amid disappointment and confusion over the new government's industrial policies, dealers said. The Weighted Price Index plunged 245.23 points to 8,052.54 on turnover of NT568.16 billion. Declines outnumbered rises 477 to 65, with 44 stocks unchanged. "The index
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      456 23 AFP H Composite Index +13L94 MALAYSIAN shares closed 1.8 per cent higher yesterday on a technical rebound after sharp falls the day before. The Composite Index rose 13.94 points to finish at 807.87. The Second Board Index rose 2.08 points to 213.30. A senior
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      300 24 AFP fl Compositelute -16.68 SOUTH Korea's Composite Index closed down 16.68 points at 818.53. Volume came to 436.2 million shares worth 3.3 trillion won. —AFP M 4 «M Anom Sami ***** -400 Brnn Tach 920 -20 CantrtfBan* IWO -40 ChaM Cum *****0 1500 Dm Co Bank 2220 -70 OaasanqCorp
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      760 24 AFP CI SET Index -160 THAI shares finished 0.8 per cent down yesterday amid continuing pressure from the opposition's campaign to force an early election, dealers said. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Composite Index closed down 2.6 points at 316.66. Declining stocks led advancers by 82 to 63.
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      665 24 AFP Q Composite Index +5.41 INDONESIAN shares rose 1.1 per cent yesterday after political concerns receded when President Abdurrahman Wahid clarified remarks on probing lawmakers. The Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite Index closed up 5.41 points at 509.26, off a low of 493.70. Volume was 444.2 million shares worth 360.67
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      282 24 AFP □mm -6J« NEW Zealand stocks closed down 0.3 per cent yesterday as market heavyweight Telecom hit a new 32-month low. The NZSE-40 Capital Index fell 5.96 points to 2,045.60 on turnover of NZ$lOl.5 million. Telecom ended down 25 NZ cents at NZ57.25. Ml 4 COOP) Advantage HOS 2.83
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      562 24 AFP All Ordinaries +10 AUSTRALIAN shares rose a barely noticeable 0.1 per cent yesterday as gains in heavyweights News Corp and Telstra countered losses in the resources and banking sectors, brokers said. The All Ordinaries Index rose three points to 3,259.5, and the SP/ASX 200 rose two points to
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      289 24 AFP Composite Index +123 PHILIPPINE shares yesterday rose 0.2 per cent on late buying of blue chips. The Composite Index gained 3.23 points to 1,538.88. Turnover rose to 1.9 billion shares worth 525 million pesos, compared to 783 million shares worth 397 million pesos on Monday. AFP nw *h
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      941 26  -  I comment CURRENCIES Corrective rallies should find plenty of US dollar buyers larry wee SEEN in isolation, the softer economic statistics coming out of the United States have not been exactly supportive of the US dollar. Unfortunately, both investor and foreign exchange market sentiment towards
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      627 26 The Economist IT used to be said that every foreign article about Japanese general elections began with the same two sentences, adjusted for the odd change of dramatis personae. The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) would again form the government. And there would be no change of
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      600 26 IBRA, the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency, has been tasked with transforming 18.9 trillion rupiah (553.68 billion) of troubled assets in the fiscal year 2000. As of June 14, however, the agency had only accrued 3 trillion rupiah from sales of bank stakes and seized assets.
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      111 27 "wAUIaMe for private parties company dinner and dance conference seminar and meeting. 1 HOTEL GRAND CENTRAL UNKTEO I 22 Orchard Road/Cavenagh Road H Singapore *****7 Tel: 737 9944 Fax:*****75 !h Punchline Can Describe This! Exotic Hungarian cuisine at our International Buffet with U.S. Poultry Corner. 3 July to 11 July
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      303 27 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS gets established (8) 1 Keen, though bonng (11) 6 It looks like a sea-perch (5) 9 Making great efforts from six- 7 Shoot when gun-bore has been teen or otherwise (9) settled (7) 10 Father giving a light slap with lit- 8 Some turned and rushed tie
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      890 28  -  Sharon Siddique tells corxmmekerk about her new book and how she is now rooted firmly in S'pore soil CORINNE KERK ON a superficial level, you can't help but think Gretchen Liu when you meet Sharon Siddique. Both women came to Singapore as American students, are prolific writers
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      390 28  -  BOOK REVIEW By Corinne Kerk WHO would've thought of writing a book on a particular street in Singapore? Well, Sharon Siddique did. Jt: Launching her 52-page coffee table book, Nutmeg. And A Touch Of Spice: The Story Of Caimhill Road, to- day at Borders,
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      270 29 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index (BDI) slipped three points to 1,613, the Baltic Panamax Index was unchanged at 1,596, the Baltic Handy Index shed two points to 1,111 and the Baltic Capesize Index fell seven points 2,143. At 1340 GMT, Biffex was unchanged and trade less. TIME-CHARTER: ♦Four
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      66 29 [LODNON] Canada-based Karlsen Shipping is to launch its own adventure cruise venturebased around the decommissioned icebreaker Njord. Polar Star Expeditions will see the rebuilt 31-year-old ship taking 100 passengers and 130 crew on cruises to the Arctic and Antarctic from next autumn onwards. Now renamed the Polar
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      275 29 AM *> CWT Distribution 0.81 unch Chuan Hup 0.41 0.01 7742 Cosco Invostmani 0.21 -0.01 471 freight Links 013 001 81 G8 Moldings 0.62 0.01 5 IMC Hotdtags-MK 560 unch 0 Jaya Moldings 0.16 -0.01 550 KeppelCorp 3.54 0.06 723 KeppolFCLS t07 unch 44 Keppal Marine 1.47 0.04
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      762 29  -  Port aims to improve conventional cargo services, build np container facilities Byi Ann Toh [SINGAPORE] Jurong Port has set out to establish itself as a premier multi-purpose port and logistics provider with bulk and conventional cargo handling as its main business. With
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      798 29  -  STRAZT TALE By I Seafarer T| HE first annual Clean Seas pnference in London, discussed in last week's column, stimulated a considerable amount of debate. For some it was a rehearsal for the debate later on this year at the International
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      208 29 [SINGAPORE] Thai handyslze operator Precious Shipping's (PSL) debt-restructur ing plan has been delayed as it has failed to gamer the required quorum at a meeting of its euro bondholders. A quorum of 60 per cent of outstanding bondholders had been required, but the number which
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      249 29 [SINGAPORE] Greek shipowners of the ousted Polish Register of Shipping (PRS) have accused the International Association of Classification Societies (lACS) of expelling the register over commercial factors. According to lACS, however, the associate status of PRS was withdrawn due to deficiencies exposed
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      333 29  -  More higher-value shiprep&ir work at its B&Ung&s, Cebn yards Promt Alec Almazan in Manila LISTED Keppel Philippines Marine reported recently that net profits improved 20 per cent to 19.746 million pesos (*****,600) for the first quarter of the year from 16.497 million
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        897 30  -  Panel of experts says investigation by the Joint Accident Investigation Committee was inaccurate and misleading By David Hughes in London A REPORT by a German "panel of experts" on their investigation into the Estonia ferry disaster has severely criticised the official investigation by a multinational
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      20313 37 thebusinesstimes thebusinesstimes EXPORT ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone SIN Dest'n Name Name Number Number SIN Dest'n Name Name Number Number To BUENAVENTURA (BUN) 2059 Colombia To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cote DI voire »/o; N/oe csav ikaruca 024N ******755 12/07 19/06 COSCO
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        548 43 V*»s*l Voy No Btrth Arrival Departure Jwm( Nrt Bt Intjn S* ***** JOt 04/07/9:05 04/07/1600 C Progrtu 04-JK J09 04/07/7:55 04/07/1600 •wwum* MO 164 J02 04/07/10.30 04/07/1*00 Ll *'y M J02 04/07/9:15 04/07/23^10 Bt Pm Indtfiy ***** J01 04/07/10:00 04/07/23:59 "•"t* 2 17S00 J03 04/07/1100 05/07/6:30 Roy* Frwjfi
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        185 43 Jul 14 France: Bastille Day. JallS Brunei: HM The Sultan's Birthday. Ad 17 Thailand: Buddhist Lent Day. Jul 20 Japan: Marine Day. Aof Singapore: National Day. An* 12 Thailand: HM The Queen's Birthday. An* 15 Germany: Assumption Day. Korea: Liberation Day. Aof 17 Indonesia: Independence Day. Aaf 27
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        742 43 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Ma rine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges In US dollars Instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the mar ket. Prices shown are based on averagesized stem. Market movements are indl cated The Cockett Bunker Price Index change
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        451 43 CartM ISO Mil 990.5 0.7 18.9 0.09 78 0.05 Omtity Wat* BmMm As* AkiMntom Satfamit No afcOM £25 0 0 2 0 0 0 380 A«( 965.5 0.2 12.7 0.06 51 0.02 En* 380 Mm 993.4 0JS 182 0.09 99 0.05 *in »M/M %M/M MM m**i
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        331 44 From next Tuesday, pilots will not work overtime or answer phone on days off AFP [HONGKONG] Pilots from Hongkong's Cathay Pacific Airways voted in favour of industrial action yesterday, resolving to work strictly to their contract terms. A general meeting of the
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        228 44 Concern that new As43m baggage system may not be ready for Sept Olympics AFP [SYDNEY] Sydney international airport suffered a massive glitch just two months from the Olympics when 6,500 passengers were delayed and 2,000 pieces of luggage left behind over the weekend. Sydney
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        94 44 Bloomberg [FORT WORTH, Texas] AMR Corp and Northwest Airlines Corp declined to comment on any combination talks between the two companies, after a newspaper reported they were making progress in discussions. An agreement between AMR, parent of No 2 US air carrier American Airlines,
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        53 44 [SYDNEY] Australian aboriginal artist John Moriarty standing in front of the Nalanji Dreaming Qantas aircraft in Sydney. Created by Mr Moriarty's design company the aircraft has been billed as the world's largest work of modern art and a beacon for reconciliation between white and aboriginal people
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        297 44 Tourist arrivals by air up 42% in first five months Reuters [PHNOM PENH] Foreign tourists arriving by air to Cambodia increased by 42 per cent in the first five months of this year compared with the same period of 1999, a Cambodian Ministry of
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        567 44 Carriers likely to decide by July 31 on whether to merge Bloomberg [LONDON] British Airways and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines are considering cutting about 6,000 jobs, or about 6 per cent of their combined workforce, as part of a
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          74 44 Reuters [HONGKONG] Singapore Airlines (SLA) will inaugurate a weekly cargo flight from Singapore to San Francisco via Macau and Anchorage in late October, a spokeswoman for the airline in Macau said yesterday. Previously services to San Francisco were on an ad hoc basis,
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          93 44 AFXAsia [SEOUL] Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) Ltd said it obtained US$25 million (5143.25 million) from Toronto Dominion Bank of Canada through a floating rate note (FRN) issue. The FRN carries an interest rate of 1.25 per cent above Libor with a two-year maturity. KAI will
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          58 44 Reuters [NAIROBI] Kenya Airways yesterday launched a domestic air service Flamingo Airlines, officials said. Flamingo Airlines, a wholly owned subsidiary of Kenya's national carrier, has acquired two SAAB ST 3408 aircraft to be used for the new service. Flamingo's managing director Steve Clarke said the
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      671 30 Lines services represented by Members of the Registry of Accredited Shipping Agents, Singapore Shipping Assoclohon Members of the Singapore Logistics Association jgg LILY UNI MALE vKsa Tvoy [75 Tn* I i5 P. HUNG STORE MAI! |3S *1*1 Empress Lily V06Q0 15/07 16/07 24/07 Princess Uly V0500 28/07 30/07 06/08 Empress
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      995 41 SSAMUDERA SHIPPING LINE LTD 72 Anson Road, #06-01 to 03, Siifapwi *****1 MAIN INK/OUTWMD: 532 MM INWAXD (WO): 437 2360 IMTOtT STATUS (WOh 437 2371 INVENTORY (WO): 437 242* WobsiU hltp://www.samwd«ra.<OMi Ct NO. 1M*****000N BOOKINGS LINE: 335 6266 (Celia/Je»»ico/Mei Chon/Jnihynn/Pora/Yvonnn/Honim) 8 SLGS/WEEKLY [ogsSESBB SOGS/wikiy I VOY I SMI I JAI
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      624 42 I VESSEL VOY SIN MAA SIN I TIGER STAR 814N 07 08A)7 13-16/07 21 22/07 I TIGER RHYTHM 815N 11-12/07 17 20/07 2&2607 I TIGER BRIDGE 816N 14-15/07 20-23/07 I TIGER METRO 817N 18 19/07 24-27/07 02-03/08 I TIGER STAR 818N 21 22/07 27-30/07 04 0&08 I TIGER RHYTHM 819N
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      1165 42 FREIGHT LINKS EXPRESS Tel: *****11 Fax: *****77 E-mail: flesin@singnet.com.sg DIRECT CONSOLIDATION SERVICE TO CEBU ON Vessel: PACIFIC EAGLE V 123 ETA SIN 12/07/2000 FOR BOOKING: *****51/3/6/60/61/62/67/68/69/79 PROJECT SHIPMENT HEAVY LIFT CARGO Lawrence Lim *****78 lawrence@flesin.com.sg WAREHOUSING LOGISTIC SERVICES ENQUIRY CONTACT: CLEMENT CHUA 9688 5404, VINCENT SEE 9678 5760, SUNNY YEOW
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      1102 42 For booking l enquiry cot *****80 /CV Website: http://www.ood.cow USA/CANADA '»>*' SGP i« ME*MTC HOUI W* WTC HOU 01 LSI SGP OOQNEWYOIKOt£S77 INPT 71/07 74/07 77/07 77/07 74/07 I 9£! IVttt <</* 15/0* 14/04 71/D4 01/07 OOQ IAPAA 43CS7S 17/07 71/07 02/06 03/01 03/0S 07/01 00C NCTt«tANDS JOWS2S 70/04 71/04
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      86 42 REGULAR SERVICE TO INDONESIA ETA ETD DESTINATION CHAHAYA STAR ***** ICVO7 PORT KLANG/PASIR GUDAN&JAKARTA CHAHAYA VICTORY O&Q7 ***** JAKARTA TBN ICVO7 12/07 PALEMBAN&TONTIANAKMEDAN PANGKAI BALAM (EAST TIMOR) REGULAR SERVICE EX YANGON JUBILANT 06/07 12/07 VISAK/CAICUTTA REGULAR DIRECT CONTAINER A BREAKBULK SERVICE TO PORT LOUIS A DURBAN EXPORT VOY SIN PTL
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      130 43 -s^ LEGEND Issued by Meteorological Service Singapore K Thunderstorm A Showers y^\ f 3 iP ?h atUre C C) Wind direct on and speed in knots Cloudy Day Wealher W Hazy Wind speed symbols Sea Conditions O Full circle w/o line indicates calm or light and variable winds [=J <
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